Job 28:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ חָ֝כְמָ֗ה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃

Transliteration

Rāʾmôṯ and-ḡāḇîš not yizzāḵēr and-mešeḵ ḥåḵmāh from-pənînîm

Grammar Details

• *rāʾmôṯ*: noun, feminine, plural, absolute - coral/red coral
• *ḡāḇîš*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - crystal/quartz
• *yizzāḵēr*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is remembered/mentioned
• *mešeḵ*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - acquisition of/drawing out
• *ḥåḵmāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - wisdom
• *pənînîm*: noun, masculine, plural, absolute - pearls/rubies/coral

Word Meanings

• *rāʾmôṯ*: coral/red coral/precious stones
• *ḡāḇîš*: crystal/quartz/pearl
• *yizzāḵēr*: is remembered/mentioned/spoken of
• *mešeḵ*: acquisition/price/drawing/value
• *pənînîm*: pearls/rubies/coral/precious stones

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:15 : 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
• Prov 31:10 : 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
• Lam 4:7 : 7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
• Ezek 27:16 : 16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
• Matt 7:6 : 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
• Matt 13:45-46 : 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
• 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
• Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
• Rev 18:12 : 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
• Rev 21:21 : 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
• Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.